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Wellness Design Ideas for Every Room in Your Home

Your home surroundings have the super power to influence your mood. Our room by room guide will inspire you to create a relaxing home that puts wellness design at the forefront and support your own physical and mental health needs.   

Your home surroundings have the super power to influence your mood.  Our room by room guide will inspire you to create a relaxing home that puts wellness design at the forefront and support your own physical and mental health needs.   

Bedroom

 

Kitchen

 

Bathroom

 

Living Room

 

Small changes - BIG Impact 
“For me it's not about setting huge goals or big life changes, it's about making small meaningful tweaks and connecting to the power of small daily rituals that will make the everyday a little calmer and a little more relaxed”

photo courtesy of Radley London

The Bedroom

Our goto retreat at the end of everyday.  This space needs to be a place of calm to promote a good nights rest.  A good place to start is to ensure that it's painted in a restorative hue.  Magenta pink or a big bold red is going to set you on a slippery slope and over stimulate the eye as soon as you enter the room.

Ensuring your bedroom is free from technology as much as possible is a complete game changer.  Smart phone usage, especially at night can disrupt sleep patterns and make for a poor nights sleep and in turn induce stress.  A few small changes to your nighttime routine may result in big changes to your everyday life.  Read on for our tested tips and tricks to create your own wellness haven.

The Bedroom

Our go-to retreat at the end of everyday.  This space needs to be a place of calm to promote a good nights rest.  Incorporate some peaceful interior design by painting it in a restorative hue.  Magenta pink or a big bold red is going to set you on a slippery slope and over stimulate the eye as soon as you enter the room.

Wellness design ideas for Bedrooms

Consider the Scents

Light some incense or a scented candle an hour before you intend to retire and infuse your wellness haven into relaxing mode.

 

Biophilic Design

Add some plants to connect our busy minds to nature and evoke feelings of calm and connection to the benefits of the outside world.

 

Ambient Glow

Table lamps a plenty and a reading light are essential to take the glow as low as possible and create a sense of intimacy and relaxation.

 

Combine Textures

Texture softens any hard lines and makes the space feel sumptuous and inviting.  It's impossible to overdose on texture so add lots and then some. 

 
The Kitchen

The kitchen is quite often the hardest working room in the home.  A hub for the entire family, it can often feel hectic and overwhelming.  It should be somewhere we love to linger a little longer and enjoy preparing nutritious yummy food and comforting drinks.  Often neglected in the style stakes, we need to ensure we decorate it like we would our living room to make it feel connected.   As most of us have adopted an open plan way of living, connection to the neighbouring space is key to ensuring your kitchen feels integrated and homely rather than detached and sterile.

Wellness design ideas for Kitchens

Make it Inviting

Decorate your kitchen like you would your living room to inspire you to linger a little longer.  Add Art, Sculpture, Table Lamps and Decorative Accessories to soften the space.

 

Set the Table

Tableware in beautiful designs, colours and patterns will encourage us to eat at the table rather than in front of the TV.   So much better for our digestion and connection to family and friends.

 

Use Trays and Boards

Spending time in the kitchen should be a joyful experience.  So make your surroundings more beautiful to make you want to linger longer. Use trays to cluster pots of herbs and books and rustic wooden boards for prepping wholesome ingredients. 

 

“I didn’t realise until I became decorating obsessed just how much my surroundings had the power to totally influence my mood.”
The Bathroom

Often viewed as a purely practical room, the bathroom has the potential to build your own relaxing wellness space for supporting your self care rituals in a zen like environment.    Layer your space with texture and add greenery to connect to nature and evoke visual comfort. 

Intoxicating scent is key to stimulating your olfactory senses as soon as you enter the room and setting the right mood, whether you're creating an energising vibe at the start of your day or a calming zone to gently relax you into the evening.  

The Bathroom

Often viewed as a purely practical room, the bathroom has the potential to build your own relaxing wellness space for supporting your self care rituals in a zen like environment.    Layer your space with texture and add greenery to connect to nature and evoke visual comfort. 

Wellness design ideas for Bathrooms

Tantalising Textures

Soften up the space and warm bare feet with a cosy rug.  If you have a small space, mats are a great solution but if you have enough room, rugs are the perfect option to add cosy luxury.  

 

Savvy Storage

Clear unnecessary clutter to promote a tidy mind.  Store toiletries in baskets, and use a wooden ladder for an attractive design solution for towels and linens.

 

Add Pockets of Glow

Getting the lighting right is essential but often the bathroom is one of the hardest rooms in the home to create ambience duet to a lack of plug points.  Solution: get your glow from portable LEDs to create the right calming atmosphere.

 

Up the Greenery

The majority of bathrooms are typically lacking in natural light.  Faux plants are the perfect solution.  Adding a huge dollop of greenery and subconsciously connecting us to the outside world.

 
The Living Room

The living room is the heartbeat of the home, a place that we look for comfort to relax, watch TV, read or entertain.  A hardworking room that can often get busy and overcrowded, it's important that we take a step back and  take it back to its comfort roots and incorporate some relaxing home decor ideas.  Getting the right kind of light for every occasion (read more about the different types of lighting here) and ensuring that you choose the right seating to create comfort and relaxation as well as enough of the supporting furniture like coffee tables and side tables. 

Wellness design ideas for Living Rooms

Take a Seat

As well as a comfy sofa (or two), create a cosy corner or seating for guests with an extra armchair.  Choose a contrasting colour and stylish shape to up the design element of the room. 

 

Multi-functional Furniture

Using multi functional items like a cosy pouffe that can support your lounging needs or used to create a temporary meditation area for your wellness rituals.

 

Add in a Drinks Station

Make an occasion of a cocktail or an evening tipple.  It's a much healthier way to regard it as a treat rather than a habit as well as adding a super stylish element to your living area. 

 

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